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A review by joelle
A Breach of Promise by Anne Perry
3.0
I’ve been slowly reading through Perry’s “William Monk” series and I enjoy its gritty Victorian setting and the three main recurring characters—with the mix of vexation and genuine regard they all seem to feel towards one another.
However, I find I can’t read any of the novels back-to-back as one book is very much like the other: an intriguing mystery, some very upsetting events (the overall themes tend to be pretty dark and this one in particular really bummed me out), a surprising twist, and all of the characters having the same thoughts over and over again—I feel like each book could be half as long without losing any of the narrative. Yet the repetition of inner monologues, not just with themselves but with each other, too, does add a kind of comforting familiarity to an otherwise grim storyline.
However, I find I can’t read any of the novels back-to-back as one book is very much like the other: an intriguing mystery, some very upsetting events (the overall themes tend to be pretty dark and this one in particular really bummed me out), a surprising twist, and all of the characters having the same thoughts over and over again—I feel like each book could be half as long without losing any of the narrative. Yet the repetition of inner monologues, not just with themselves but with each other, too, does add a kind of comforting familiarity to an otherwise grim storyline.